Copyright and Disclaimer

Copyright

All material on this web server is copyright of the Digital Preservation Coalition unless otherwise acknowledged. Duplication or sale of all or any part of it is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your personal research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form, in accordance with the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988). Permission for any other use must be obtained from the Digital Preservation Coalition. Electronic or print copies may not be offered, whether for sale or otherwise, to any third party. Links to materials on other servers should not be construed as a claim over them.

Access to information on the members website is provided exclusively for the benefit of the staff and officers of member organisations of the Digital Preservation Coalition. It may not be accessed by, or offered whether for sale or otherwise to any third party.

Disclaimer

The Digital Preservation Coalition makes all reasonable efforts to ensure the quality and accuracy of materials on this web server. However, to the extent permitted by law, the Digital Preservation Coalition accepts no liability for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of material on this web server. The Digital Preservation Coalition is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

By making use of material on this web server you accept these copyright and disclaimer provisions.

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Administration

The Coalition is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee.  The business of the Coalition is managed by a Board of Directors who exercise all the powers of the Coalition subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, the Memorandum and the Articles of Association of the Coalition and to any directions given by special resolution. All full members of the Coalition have a seat on the Board of Directors.

Executive and administrative support to the Coalition is provided through the DPC’s staff, the Executive Director and the Administration Manager, based at the DPC office in York. Additional support for delivery of corporate objectives and member benefits are achieved through collaboration and input from DPC members, the commissioning of consultants and the harnessing of resources from external funding bodies. Members’ financial contributions and any other external funding to the Coalition and its expenditure are subject to company financial procedures and auditing.

Further information and news on the Coalition will be disseminated via the digital-preservation email list on JISCmail (to subscribe to the list or view its message archive see the Web pages at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/digital-preservation.html).

For member only communication there is the DPC-Discussion list also based on JISCmail.

Our Vision

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is an advocate and catalyst for digital preservation, enabling our members to deliver resilient long-term access to content and services, and helping them derive enduring value from digital collections.  We raise awareness of the importance of the preservation of digital material and the attendant strategic, cultural and technological issues. We are a not-for-profit membership organisation and we support our members through knowledge exchange, capacity building, assurance, advocacy and partnership.  Our vision is to make our digital memory accessible tomorrow.

Our Objectives

We concentrate our activities on the following five strategic themes:

• Workforce development and capacity building
• Knowledge exchange
• Developing assurance and practice
• Advocacy
• Partnership and sustainability

Our Values

In everything we do the DPC shall:

• Operate as a neutral body.
• Embrace a consultative, innovative and open approach.
• Engage in a collaborative manner with all stakeholders to comprehend and respond to their needs.
• Maintain sound stewardship of the Coalition’s resources.
• Share best practice and enable knowledge transfer with our members to support their local priorities.
• Maintain vendor neutrality.
• Support developments of standards and generic approaches to digital preservation.
• Respond to the needs of members in the delivery of services.
• Be authoritative, current and concise in all our publications and communications.

For more details see

• DPC Strategic Plan 2012-2015: Our Digital Memory Accessible Tomorrow
• DPC Prospectus 2011-12